Thor and Rush star Chris Hemsworth stars in the explosive first trailer for Blackhat, the new tech thriller from director Michael Mann, scroll down and click below to watch it.

The thriller, which also stars Viola Davis, Holt McCallany, Tang Wei and Leehom Wang, sees Hemsworth play Nicholas Hathaway, a convicted hacker who is released from jail after he agrees to help find and capture another hacker who has broken into a series of multinational banks. He will work alongside American and Chinese agents, with the group travelling from Chicago to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Jakarta.

The film was originally titled Cyber and is Mann's first film since 2009's Public Enemies. He has directed the likes of Last Of The Mohicans, Manhunter, Heat and Ali in the past.

Blackhat will be released into cinemas in January of next year in the US and on February 20th in the UK.